Best Rated 4X Games Under $5

The best rated 4X games on Steam for games under $5. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.

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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
  1. 1Warsim: The Realm of Aslona86.93%
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete86.91%
  3. 3Legend Creatures(传奇生物)86.32%
  4. 4Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest84.80%
  5. 5Hexarchy84.52%
  6. 6Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity84.37%
  7. 7ENDLESS Legend83.98%
  8. 8Gods and Idols83.82%
  9. 9Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition83.78%
  10. 10War Planet Online: Global Conquest82.95%
  11. 11Three Kingdoms: Innovatory82.62%
  12. 12Hades' Star82.41%
  13. 13Pixel Starships82.19%
  14. 14March of Empires81.42%
  15. 15Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord80.32%